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The Fargo-Moorhead area will see a foggy Thursday into Friday. High temperatures are sitting at 32 degrees through Saturday, when we may see some patchy blowing snow. We warm to 40 degrees come Monday.
Family of Ricky Cobb II grateful for murder charge against state trooper
During a press conference Thursday, the family and an attorney representing them thanked Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty for bringing three charges against trooper Ryan Londregan Wednesday.
A Stearns County judge approved the property’s sale by commercial real estate firm Trigild to Delaware-based Contrarian Crossroads LLC.
Mille Lacs Band's chief executive Benjamin won’t seek reelection, calls job ‘greatest honor of my life’
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s chief executive Melanie Benjamin announced she will not be seeking a seventh term in office. Benjamin has served the nearly 5,000 member Ojibwe nation as the band’s top executive for nearly two and a half decades. 
Minnesota post office report shows deficiencies, spurs statewide audit
An audit of Minnesota post office branches found delayed mail, safety issues and deficiencies in property conditions. The audit looked at branches in Apple Valley, Eagan and New Brighton, as well as the St. Paul processing and distribution center.
Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds
A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.
In Ojibwe tradition, snow on the ground means it’s sacred storytelling season
The Native News team talks about the seven grandfather teachings, seasonal storytelling and Native books with James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw, a speaker, digital creator and author of “The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.”
Legendary hockey town Warroad hosts ‘Hockey Day Minnesota’
The small town of Warroad, long known as Hockey Town USA, will host thousands of hockey fans this week when it hosts the annual Hockey Day Minnesota event.
It’s much warmer out this week, but that doesn’t absolve us of Midwest weather warnings: Watch for slippery areas and fog through Wednesday evening.